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I'm in the process of building my first PC. I've already decided on several parts but struggling with selecting a GPU. I'll be working with Adobe Creative Cloud products - primarily Photoshop CC/After Effects CC/Premiere Pro CC - doing graphic design work and HD (DSLR) video editing. I'm currently on an extremely old system - Intel Core2 Quad CPU w/ Radeon HD4670 GPU - almost ten years old if I'm not mistaken...But I've been able to run Adobe CS5 products and be productive for the most part. But a new position I've taken will require more work and my machine is just getting to slow.
So I've started to build a new system. It is a budget system for sure as I cannot afford the latest and greatest, but the way I see it from where I'm coming from anything will be an improvement? I'm not a gamer, so that will not be an issue, and I obviously don't upgrade things very often - lol.
So my new build is as follows:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.50 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($112.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($78.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($39.99 @ Adorama)
Total: $685.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-20 14:55 EDT-0400
I know it may not be perfect, and I've done a lot of reading and researching online and in the forums here about the AMD processors vs Intel and all that good stuff, but for my budget and what I need I'm thinking this is a good build for me. I also have read a lot about GPU's and what to look for as far as CUDA cores and/or OpenCL and it seems like the cards of choice in my mind are these:
Gigabyte GTX 960 Windforce
MSI GTX 760
MSI GTX750ti
Read a lot about them and am really struggling with which to select. I know the 760 has the higher memory bandwidth and a higher memory interface. But with all of the cards relativly the same, is there a benifit of buying either of those cards over he 750ti for what I'm needing to do? I know video editing / rendering leans heavier on a CPU then GPU but just want to select something that is good for the money but not too much, or going for a cheaper version with less stats that ends up not working as well.
Also with the 760, I can only seem to find it on Ebay...and wondered if its a bad idea to buy a used card? Or so long as I was careful it would be alright? For that matter the 770 is on there for pretty much the same price and I know is a higher card from some specs I've seen.
Thanks in advance! Like I said I will be using this for Video Editing / Graphic design only. I might play Civilization here and there, but nothing crazy
So anything you guys can suggest or thoughts / concerns I would love to hear!
I'm in the process of building my first PC. I've already decided on several parts but struggling with selecting a GPU. I'll be working with Adobe Creative Cloud products - primarily Photoshop CC/After Effects CC/Premiere Pro CC - doing graphic design work and HD (DSLR) video editing. I'm currently on an extremely old system - Intel Core2 Quad CPU w/ Radeon HD4670 GPU - almost ten years old if I'm not mistaken...But I've been able to run Adobe CS5 products and be productive for the most part. But a new position I've taken will require more work and my machine is just getting to slow.
So I've started to build a new system. It is a budget system for sure as I cannot afford the latest and greatest, but the way I see it from where I'm coming from anything will be an improvement? I'm not a gamer, so that will not be an issue, and I obviously don't upgrade things very often - lol.
So my new build is as follows:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($139.50 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($112.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($78.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($39.99 @ Adorama)
Total: $685.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-20 14:55 EDT-0400
I know it may not be perfect, and I've done a lot of reading and researching online and in the forums here about the AMD processors vs Intel and all that good stuff, but for my budget and what I need I'm thinking this is a good build for me. I also have read a lot about GPU's and what to look for as far as CUDA cores and/or OpenCL and it seems like the cards of choice in my mind are these:
Gigabyte GTX 960 Windforce
MSI GTX 760
MSI GTX750ti
Read a lot about them and am really struggling with which to select. I know the 760 has the higher memory bandwidth and a higher memory interface. But with all of the cards relativly the same, is there a benifit of buying either of those cards over he 750ti for what I'm needing to do? I know video editing / rendering leans heavier on a CPU then GPU but just want to select something that is good for the money but not too much, or going for a cheaper version with less stats that ends up not working as well.
Also with the 760, I can only seem to find it on Ebay...and wondered if its a bad idea to buy a used card? Or so long as I was careful it would be alright? For that matter the 770 is on there for pretty much the same price and I know is a higher card from some specs I've seen.
Thanks in advance! Like I said I will be using this for Video Editing / Graphic design only. I might play Civilization here and there, but nothing crazy
So anything you guys can suggest or thoughts / concerns I would love to hear!
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